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Welcome to the website of the Georgia Writers Association! Our readers and writers are important to us, and we want to be the go-to resource for Georgia’s premier literary community. The Georgia Writers Association hosts the annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards and the Red Clay Writers Conference.

Introducing Georgia Writers Association’s digital magazine for writers. Every month we bring you a motivational kick to get you writing more, publishing more, and living the writer’s life—Georgia style. Graduate students in the Master of Arts in Professional Writing at Kennesaw State University recently created three editions of the new digital magazine for Georgia Writers…

The 2015 Georgia Author of the Year Awards was held this past Saturday, June 27, at the Kennesaw State University Continuing Education Center. There were 116 nominees in 17 different fiction and nonfiction categories. Over 100 authors and literary enthusiasts attended the banquet and ceremony, and we’d like to congratulate the GAYA winners, finalists, and…

Philip Lee Williams is a name many of you will recognize as the Georgia Author of the Year, as he has already received the honor four times. Williams is the author of nineteen books, including twelve novels, four works of non-fiction, and three volumes of poetry. His books have been published by such presses as W. W. Norton,…

The time has come to nominate for the 2015 Georgia Author of the Year Awards (GAYA). Only books published in the year 2014 are eligible for nomination. If you are interested in nominating an author for the 51st GAYA, please complete the following: Read the official guidelines Submit an online Nomination form (including the $60.00 nomination fee) Mail two…